Cuba scored their first run in the first inning the following way: hit by Andy IBÁÑEZ, hit by Yulieski GOURRIEL advances Andy to third base. Sacrifice fly by José Dariel ABRÉU brought home the first run.

Monday, June 24, 2013

Two very courageous citizens of the world, Julian Assange and Edward Snowden are doing battle with the two most corrupt Anglo powers of our planet, Great Britain and the United States of America.

The South China Morning Post has reported the following:

"Edward Snowden arrived in Moscow yesterday, to seek asylum in Ecuador, after abruptly leaving Hong Kong in a dramatic blow to US efforts to put him on trial for espionage."
It is expected, but it has not been confirmed, that he will leave Moscow today and fly to Havana, and then proceed to Quito, Ecuador.

Big applause for: Hon Kong, China, Russia, Cuba and Ecuador

Barack Obama should be put on trial (impeachment) for real espionage against 350 million peaceful American citizens.

The "empire" may be beginning to unravel.

Thank you, Julian and Edward; the world owes you a great deal of gratitude.

Update:

The New York Times reported 11 minutes ago that: "Plane for Cuba Leaves Russia, but Snowden Is Not on Board."

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Above is the Cuba that Dubbya & Black Big Ears want to
“transition” back to and re-impose on the Cuban people. When they say that they
are promoting the return of “democracy” to Cuba, this is the Cuba that they
want to re-export to the island.

George W. Bush and Barack H. Obama certainly would not invite
you to visit the White House to show you this photo. They were and are too busy
doling out 20 million dollars to their CIA mercenaries in the island for their
dreamed “transition.”

When the Yankee imperialists ruled Cuba with their so-called "American Dream" this is how the peasants of Cuba lived.

The Yankee millionaires and billionaires, who owned most of
the land on the island, lived in sumptuous palaces in Miramar with
dozens of black maids cleaning their daily shit. Their pedigreed dogs had juicy
and meaty pork chops for lunch while the ladies of the high society were busy playing at the
Vedado Tennis Club, with their lover of the week. In the countryside, Cuban
peasants were starving.

(Reuters) - U.S. and Cuban officials
plan to meet this week to discuss the possibility of resuming direct
mail services between the two countries after a 50-year ban, a report on
Monday said.

Diplomats and postal service
representatives will hold talks on Tuesday and Wednesday in Washington
over the issue, despite stalled talks between the two countries on cases
of suspected espionage, the Associated Press said, citing an unnamed
U.S. official.

The official said members of Congress were expected to be informed of the talks starting Monday morning, according to AP.

Direct mail service between the United States and Cuba has been suspended since 1963, the report said. Despite the ban,
letters and other mail still flow between the United States and the
island nation 90 miles away through other countries, it added.

The
talks are in line with the United States' interest "in promoting the
free flow of information to, from and within Cuba," the official told
AP, adding that they are not part of a shift in the Obama
administration's Cuba policy.

Relations between the two countries have been frozen since Cuba's 1959 revolution led by Fidel Castro.

The
meeting this week comes amid stalled progress in the case of jailed
U.S. contractor Alan Gross, who is serving a 15-year sentence in Cuba
for installing Internet networks for Cuban Jews in a U.S. program Cuba
considers subversive.

The interstellar vehicle emerged from
the tunnel after a voyage that had only taken but the briefest of
moments. It entered into the orbit of a tiny object which circled a
very bright star.

“We are now circling the object and
we will begin our observations immediately ” they radioed to their
base.

“This is Zedor,” their world
answered back. “We want a report as soon as possible. Proceed with
caution.”

They drove their vehicle around the
object thousands of times and started watching it very carefully with
their ultra-blue rays. They were totally invisible to the objects
they were observing.

After a very long, long time,
communications were established again.

“Z-21 to Zedor, stand by for report
number one” the commander of the vehicle messaged mission central
in his world.

“You are now cleared for report
number one, Z-21.” came the reply.

“Here is our first report, Zedor. We
have downloaded quadrillions of data quips from our blue-ray
machine.”

“The creatures that inhabit this tiny
object call it 'Earth.' Most of it is water, but they also have very
large areas that they call 'continents.' The first examination of
their central control center, which is located in something that they
call 'brain' reveal that they have very limited intelligence. They
are billions of years behind us in that respect. They will be very
easy pickings for our advanced civilization.”

“Well, Z-21, right now we do not need
to proceed with any new conquests. Tell me more about this 'Earth'
that you came upon.”

“Yes, sir. In the areas that they
call 'continents' they have subdivisions which they call 'countries.'
Each country is ruled by a chief. They are very primitive in that
respect.”

“Z-21, are they a peaceful
creatures?”

“No, sir. They have something that
they call 'wars' in which they annihilate each other.”

“What? Could you please repeat that?
I find that very hard to believe.”

“It is the sad truth, sir. Our
blue-rays have examined something that they call 'encyclopedias.'
They are permanent records of their recorded history. Millions of
these creatures have been eliminated in these 'wars.'”

“It is indeed very sad, Z-21. We may
have to teach them something. Are you up to the task?”

“Your wish is my command, Zedor.”

“Tell me Z-21, which 'country' seems
to be the most advanced?”

“Zedor, upon more close examination
of the data-quips that we have now placed permanently in our very
powerful storage centers, it is revealed that the most advanced and
powerful country calls itself 'USA.'”

“What is that, Z-21?”

“It is something which they call an
'abbreviation' or 'acronym'. It is the name of a country which calls
itself the United States of America.”

“Why is it so advanced and powerful,
Z-21?”

“It is because they invented
something which they call 'nuclear weapons.'”

“Tell me more about those weapons.”

“Well, sir, compared to our weapons,
they are next to nothing. But in their 'wars' if they use these crude
and primitive devices they can eliminate millions of the creatures in
this 'Earth' in a matter of seconds.”

“Z-21, I am appointing you to teach
this powerful 'chief' something that we learned in our world millions
of years ago.”

“I am at your orders, sir”

The crew of the stellar vehicle
proceeded to scan the 'encyclopedia' that they had obtained from the
warring 'Earth' creatures. In just but a couple of seconds they
obtained the location of this powerful but primitive country that
called itself 'USA.' Using their super fast H-879 stellar speed they
proceeded to the capital of the country. They were still using their
blue-ray powers on an 'invisible' mode. They proceeded to place their
ship just 100 feet above a place that the creatures called the 'White
House.'

“This is Z-21 to the rest of the
crew. We will proceed with operation 33MIR. Is everyone ready?”

“Yes sir, we are ready! The crew
screamed in unison.”

“Z-21 to shield coordinator. Remove
invisible mode and engage communications with the 'chief' of the
USA.”

The 'Earth' creatures had a very
amusing name for their own kind when they referred to people that
spent innumerable hours gawking at buildings, streets, monuments,
etc. They called them 'tourists.'

When the stellar ship became visible to
the tourists, they all started running in a panic.

“This is Z-21. We come in peace and
we wish to communicate with the chief of the USA.”

The voice enveloped the residence where
the 'chief' resided. The message was repeated over and over.

There was no answer from inside the
'White House.'

“This is Z-21 from inside the stellar
ship. You have three minutes to come out, or we will bring you out
forcefully to the garden of your residence.”

A man with dark skin and big ears came
out to the garden.

“What is it you want?” he shouted
toward the stellar ship.

“It is not about what we want, it is
all about what you are going to do if you want to live any longer.
This is commander Z-21 from a planet far-far away in another galaxy.
You have five minutes to sign an agreement where you will allow us to
destroy all of your nuclear weapons.”

“I will not do such a thing. We are
the most powerful country in the world”

“You are nothing! Do you want us to
give you a demonstration of what we can do to your city?”

“You are bluffing! Go to hell!”

“This is commander Z-21: if you do
not comply we will make ruble out of a building that you call the
'pentagon.'

“The USA does not kneel before
anyone.”

The stellar ship roared up and engaged
its invisible mode. It proceeded to place itself 100 feet above the
building that the earth creatures called the 'pentagon' and it sent
a warning to the people inside the building that they had 30 minutes
to leave. They complied. The whole episode was carried live by CNN to
the whole planet.

After the 'pentagon' was empty, the
stellar ship went up to a height of 3 miles and pointed its deadly
blue-ray toward the 'pentagon.' In less than five minutes it was a
useless pile of ruble.

“Z-21 to communications, engage the
'White House' in a secure line.”

“Done!” replied the clerk.

“Are you going to sign the document
that we asked you to sign?”

“We will not,” replied big ears.

“This is Z-21 to USA 'chief.' The
next building that we will raze will be the 'capitol.'”

“O.K., if you insist, I will sign.”
replied big ears.

Over the next 30 days, all nuclear
weapons in the planet called 'Earth' were destroyed.

“Z-21 to Zedor: The assignment that
you gave me has been finished. We are returning to home base.”

WASHINGTON, Jun 13 2013 (IPS) - Experts here are stepping up calls for the U.S. government to remove Cuba from an official list of “state sponsors of terrorism”, arguing that the country’s presence on the list is anachronistic and makes neither legal nor political sense.

“At a time when the U.S. is best positioned to help facilitate change in the island and to take advantage of the changes inside the country, this continued inclusion is actually an obstacle to taking advantage of that window of opportunity,” Tomas Bilbao, executive director of the Cuba Study Group, said Tuesday at a panel discussion at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a think tank here.

Bilbao noted the continued influence of a “shrinking minority” of anti-Cuba hardliners in the United States who fervently oppose Cuba’s removal from the list, as well as a lack of political will on the part of U.S. policymakers to square off with that minority.

Nation hasn't played in championship since Castro ended participation in 1960

By Jesse Sanchez / MLB.com | 6/11/2013 2:59 P.M. ET

Cuba is returning to the Caribbean Series.

Caribbean Confederation commissioner Juan Francisco Puello Herrera
and Higinio Velez, the president of the Cuban Federation of Baseball,
announced Monday that the island will participate in the annual
tournament after a 53-year absence next February in Venezuela.

"Since I started my tenure in 1999, I've always had the desire to
return Cuba to Caribbean Series," Puello Herrera told The Associated
Press. "Now, I can say that for next year's tournament we'll start a
'third stage' with Cuba as an added asset."

The annual round-robin tournament currently includes the Winter
League champions from the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico and
Venezuela. The winner of Cuba's Serie Nacional, the championship of its
top league, will represent the island.

"The news is of special relevance to the Cuban people, Latin America
and baseball," Velez said. "We are delighted that our return will happen
in Venezuela, a brother country."

Puello Herrera said Cuba will assume all of the responsibilities of
the other members, which includes eventually playing host to the
tournament. He added that improvements have already begun on Estadio
Latinoamericano de La Habana, the baseball stadium in Havana, and he's
working with the U.S. State Department on the legalities associated with
Cuba's return.

"We are really satisfied that after 14 years of negotiations, Cuba is
finally returning to the Caribbean Series," Puello Herrera said. "We
don't have approval from Major League Baseball for Cuba to participate
in the Caribbean Series, but if Cuba can participate in the World
Baseball Classic, we don't see why they can't be in the Caribbean
Series."

The history of the Caribbean Series in Latin America traces back to
the union of the leagues in Cuba, Panama, Puerto Rico and Venezuela --
then called the Baseball Organization -- and the formation of the
Caribbean Federation in 1948. After Cuba hosted in 1949, Puerto Rico
played host in '50, Venezuela in '51 and Panama in '52.

The initial design of the series was 12 games, with each team
squaring off against each other twice. Cuba won the title seven times
from 1949-60. Puerto Rico won four times during that span, and Panama
won its first and only Caribbean Series title in 1950.

In 1959, Fidel Castro took over and declared Cuba a communist nation,
ending the country's participation in the event after 1960. Depleted,
the Caribbean Series eventually disappeared for 10 years until a revival
in 1970 that included the addition of the Dominican Republic and
Mexico, and the removal of Panama from the tournament.

This year, a new format extended the double round-robin an extra day,
with a championship game played between the teams with the two best
records.

The 2014 Caribbean Series is scheduled to be played Feb. 1-7 at
Estadio Nueva Esparta in Isla Margarita, Venezuela. Mexico's Yaquis de
Obregon hosted the 2013 version of the tournament in Hermosillo, Mexico.

Jesse Sanchez is a national reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @JesseSanchezMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

Every day, when you get up in the
morning, another sordid detail about the rottenness of American
capitalism has been revealed.

The government of the United States
seems to be out of control. Anything goes!

As long as we have a system which is
based on the exploitation of man by man, things will go from bad to
worse. In the nineteenth century it was slavery. New items are
invented every day to replace the never ending horrors of American
capitalism. Drones? Targeted extra-judicial executions? What is next?

Take for instance the so-called war on
terror. It has become a huge business for American capitalism. It
never ends. The scandal about the Prism surveillance
program exposes how Barack Obama is subverting the U.S. Constitution.
The cheerleaders from both capitalist parties applaud him instead of
starting impeachment proceedings. George W. Bush and Barack H. Obama
are carbon copies of each other. Thee is no discernible difference
between Republicans and Democrats. They are all crooks! They are in
it for the money!

I applaud what Edward Snowden has done.
In my book, he is a hero. Watch the cockroaches run for cover when
the light is shined on them.

Fredy Asiel Alvarez pitched eight spectacular innings for the Villa Clara Oranges and only allowed the Matanzas Cocodrilos to connect four hits, and score no runs, while striking out five. A great game on his part. He is becoming one of Cuba's best pitchers.

Cuba Journal: Sir, have you
heard of a document called the Constitution of the United States?

Barack Obama: Yes, I have.

Cuba Journal: Have you read the
clause that prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures?

Barack Obama: Yes, I have.

Cuba Journal: The American
people are beginning to say that you and your National Security
Agency are systematically violating the rights and civil liberties of
peaceful and law-abiding U.S. citizens.

Barack Obama: We have to look
for terrorists. That gives me the authority to put aside and
disregard inconvenient restrictions on my powers.

Cuba Journal: That is rather
arrogant on your part, isn't it?

Barack Obama: I am the way I am.

Cuba Journal: So, you are saying
that in your fight against terrorists you can disregard the
Constitution of the United States? It doesn't apply to you?

Barack Obama: Yes!

Cuba Journal: Have you read the
part in the Constitution that specifies that the U.S. Congress can
impeach you and remove you from the White House?

Barack Obama: They are pussies.
They won't do it. Besides, my party controls the U.S. Senate and they
will be “nice” to me, and they will vote to keep me in the Oval
Office. They will continue to let me do as I please.

Cuba Journal: Sir, do you know
the difference between dictatorship and democracy?

An “ad hoc” committee, made up of various countries, will advise the
Government of Panama, host of the 2015 Seventh Summit of the Americas,
regarding a possible invitation to Cuba to participate in the next
triennial meeting of Heads of State and Government of the Hemisphere.

The decision was announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Panama, Fernando Núñez Fábrega, during the meeting of the Summit
Implementation Review Group (SIRG), held Thursday in the framework of
the forty-third regular session of the Organization of American States
(OAS) in Antigua, Guatemala.

The group’s precise composition is yet to be determined, since it will be open to the participation of all member states.

The SIRG meeting was the first held in anticipation of the Seventh
Summit of the Americas, which, as decided by the OAS General Assembly
last year, would take place in Panama. The Panamanian Foreign Minister
reaffirmed the commitment of President Ricardo Martinelli’s government
to the Summits process and invited the nations of the Hemisphere to come
to his country “with the conviction that we are united by ties of
solidarity that inspire us to continue moving forward toward the
well-being of our peoples.”

The Panamanian minister assured those present that his country
intended to steer the Summit deliberations in line with its views that
it was “essential to engage in frank dialogue conducive to identifying
concrete measures for continuing to gain strength as a region of
opportunities and benefits for our partners both within and outside the
region.”

Foreign Minister Núñez Fábrega concluded by saying: “I invite you to
take advantage of this opportunity to work together to lay out the
objectives of a region seeking to rise to the highest standards of
economic development. We will devote the human and material resources
necessary to ensure the success of the work of the 2015 Summit of the
Americas.”

The SIRG meets at the ministerial level every year in the framework
of the regular session of the General Assembly to address the matter of
implementation and follow-up of the Summit mandates. The Summits
Secretariat informs the states about progress made by the institutions
of the Joint Summit Working Group (JSWG) in carrying out the mandates,
and the states then have the opportunity to address the plenary of the
SIRG to share information on advances made at the national level in
implementing the mandates of the Sixth Summit and earlier Summits.

When George Orwell wrote his seminal
and prophetic masterpiece “1984” he was telling us very vividly
about the human race in general and its very dark future. Ideologues
will try to convince you that he was writing about the now defunct
Soviet Union. The case can also be made that he was giving us a very
grim revelation about the horrors of Germany's Third Reich. He saw
the future and it was not very pretty.

When Homo Sapient invented
computers maybe we were manufacturing our own future destruction.

The world today is not getting any
better. It is getting much, much worse. Except of course, for the
capitalist millionaires and billionaires. But they live very sad
lives behind their gated and walled mansions. They can't purchase
happiness with their gazillions of dollars.

When Barack Obama sends his
computerized drones around the world using the excuse of
fighting “terrorism” he is demonstrating how evil we human beings
have become. We are destruction and mayhem. We could very well open a
new capitalist business and give it the very appropriate name of
“Death R' Us.”

Billions of records are mined today to
find out what do you like and dislike, so that the capitalists can
sell you even more junk. Don't have enough room for all your junk?
Rent three or four rooms at a “storage” business. I you die and
have no heirs, the capitalists will sell again all of your private
junk for even more profits for their pockets.

Uncle Sam wants to know who is talking
to whom. It goes to Verizon and says: give us the records of all the
telephone calls made within th United States. Why? Because we are God
and we want to “protect” you!

WASHINGTON — The government has been secretly collecting the telephone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon under a top secret court order, according to the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. The Obama administration defended the National Security Agency’s need to collect telephone records of U.S. citizens, but critics said it was a huge over-reach.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said Thursday that the top secret court order for telephone records is a three-month renewal of an ongoing practice. She spoke to reporters at a Capitol Hill news conference.Source: The Washington PostMore...

Throughout the history of mankind many empires have existed.
Few have lasted. Why?

The reason lies in the fact that man is a very imperfect
creature.

Seeking an explanation that would answer the eternal question
of “Why am I here?” man invented religion. That institution immediately
proceeded to engage in an alliance with the
military.

With religion, the ruling elites seek to try to control you
with their favorite opiate. With their military they seek to conquer and
plunder foreign lands, and in many cases to unleash a wave of oppression on the
people of their own country.

Those two institutions have caused more death and
suffering in our planet than anything else in recorded history.

The Babylonians and the Egyptian were two of the early great
empires. Where are they today? Gone!

Greece and Alexander the Great ruled many lands and built a
great empire. They are gone, too!

The mighty and Holy Roman empire at one time ruled most of
our planet. Where are they today?
Extinct! Internal decadence and decay and hordes of barbarians destroyed
them. Religion and the Roman legions could not save any of the Caesars. All
that is left is their Coliseum and their crumbling statutes.

In more recent times, the British, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch
and French empires spread their military power throughout the globe during many
centuries. Their empires disappeared one by one. Again, internal decay and
decadence was the main cause.

Last but not least are the U.S. imperialists. They have not
learned the lessons of history. The USA tries and does indeed stick their
uninvited noses into every corner of the world. They invented nuclear weapons.
That will eventually destroy them. What goes around comes around.

To see the decay and decadence of this latest “mighty” empire
go to Las Vegas, Nevada. Gambling, prostitution, organized crime, immorality; anything goes in that modern day Sodom and Gomorrah.

Saturday, June 01, 2013

Personally, it is my belief that marriage is an institution between a man and a woman. The primary purpose of it is for procreation and the continuing growth of our human species.

However, the attitudes in the United States seem to be changing. Many decades ago, marriage between a white person and a black person was unlawful. Today, that is no longer true. It is now common, legal and accepted.

I will abide by what a majority of the people decide.

This is one of the main reasons why the U.S. should have a National Plebiscite.

What you should do instead is put a
stop to your extra-judicial executions with unmanned drones
throughout the world. That constitutes real
state-sponsored terrorism.

188 nations of the world have condemned, at the United Nations, your failed economic embargo against the Republic of Cuba. Do the right thing, and send a request to Congress asking them to lift that failed embargo.

Just a couple of lines to let you know
that if you value the votes of Seniors who depend on their Social
Security retirement income, you should vote against
Barack Obama's proposed chained CPI.

This new Obama political gimmick will Cut People's Incomes (CPI). You
must firmly oppose cutting the ballooning national debts and deficits
on the backs of the suffering low-income American citizens.

You should instead raise the income tax rates of the 1% capitalist
millionaires and billionaires and increase the income tax rates of
the huge corporations like Apple Computer and others who use offshore
accounts in order to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.

If
you vote in favor of the chained CPI, you do
not
get my vote in November 2014.

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